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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: Whats your phobia? |
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I came across this list on phobias on Wikipedia. I'm interested to know which phobias you guys and gals have, of course your not going to put intimate ones down, but if you put your pride aside you might respond for ones like heights, water, dogs etc.
Personally I very much dislike heights and water not as much as that.
* Acrophobia, Altophobia — fear of heights.
* Agoraphobia — fear of a place or event where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
* Algophobia — fear of pain.
* Androphobia — fear of males.
* Aquaphobia, Hydrophobia — fear of water
* Arachnaphobia - fear of spiders
* Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia — fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children.
* Autophobia — fear of being alone.
* Aviophobia, Aviatophobia — fear of flying.
* Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia — fear of microbes and bacteria.
* Cibophobia, Sitophobia — aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa.
* Claustrophobia — fear of confined spaces.
* Coulrophobia — fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).
* Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia — fear of dentists and dental procedures.
* Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder — a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
* Emetophobia — fear of vomiting.
* Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia — fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
* Erotophobia — fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
* Erythrophobia — pathological blushing.
* Gephyrophobia — fear of bridges
* Genophobia, Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse.
* Glossophobia — fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
* Gymnophobia — fear of nudity.
* Heliophobia — fear of sunlight.
* Hemophobia, Haemophobia — fear of blood.
* Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia — fear of the number 666.
* Hoplophobia — fear of firearms (guns).
* Lalophobia, Laliophobia — fear of speaking.
* Ligyrophobia - fear of loud noises.
* Mysophobia — fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
* Necrophobia — fear of death, the dead.
* Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia — fear of newness, novelty.
* Nosophobia — fear of contracting a disease
* Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia — fear of darkness.
* Osmophobia, Olfactophobia — fear of smells.
* Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia — fear of Friday the 13th.
* Panphobia — fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
* Phonophobia — fear of loud sounds.
* Pyrophobia — fear of fire.
* Radiophobia — fear of radioactivity or X-rays.
* Sociophobia — fear/dislike of society or people in general (see also "sociopath").
* Somniphobia — fear of sleeping.
* Taphophobia — fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
* Technophobia — fear of technology (see also Luddite).
* Tetraphobia - fear of the number 4.
* Tokophobia — fear of childbirth.
* Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia — fear of the number 13.
* Trypanophobia, Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia — fear of needles or injections
* Xenophobia — fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.
* Ailurophobia -- fear of cats
* Apiphobia, Melissophobia — fear of bees
* Arachnophobia — fear of arachnids, usually specific to spiders
* Chiroptophobia — fear of bats
* Cynophobia — fear of dogs
* Entomophobia — fear of insects
* Equinophobia, Hippophobia — fear of horses
* Herpetophobia — fear of reptiles
* Musophobia — fear of mice and/or rats
* Ophidiophobia — fear of snakes
* Ornithophobia — fear of birds
* Ranidaphobia -- fear of frogs
* Zoophobia — a generic term for animal phobias
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| marnixR |
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hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of long words
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| Shaderwolf |
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| when I was little, I jumped out of a moving van, just being stupid (it was on a dare) I now get sick if I can see the street wizzing past me less then 4 feet away. It's o.k. If the car door's not open. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Supercalifragilistickexpialiphobus. The fear of Mary Poppins and stupid threads. |
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| 425 Chaotic Requisition |
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I was honestly going to put that down earlier I swear. Great minds.
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| scientstphilosophertheist |
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| marnixR wrote: |
| hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of long words |
ya think?
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| bit4bit |
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This is embarrasing...I have Tetraphobia.
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| Cat1981(England) |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sorry to hear that BitBit.
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I have a fear of spiders, and seeing as i am a big bloke people seem to enjoy playing on this fear and making me scream like a girl. About a month ago someone at work (still don't know who) put a spider in my tobacco tin which when opened at lunch time, made me throw my tin up into the air, rip of my t-shirt and knock a hot cup of tea over Mick who was siting next to me. Then after recovering from my multiple heart attacks, i turned to see them all laughing. Bastards.
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| SuperNatendo |
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I have a fear of heights, but only heights I'm not used to. In other words, I am afraid of being up on a roof of a 27 foot tall building pulling cable the first 2 times or so I'm up there, after that, when I'm used to my surroundings and the height, I do fine. But If I go inside and pull cable under the ceiling, I am scared again until I get used to that too. Flying is fine though.
My Wife has a fear of cotton, and there is not even a name for that yet! I say we call it
gossypiumfructussiccaphobia
But I am not good at latin so it might need to be tweaked slightly, but it means fear of dry fruit of cotton, which I guess could mean fear of cotton balls, but I might be using fruit incorrectly in this context. Any Latin geeks around here to help me out?
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| Selene |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Kenny Klassen |
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I don't know the word for it but I am afraid of the state of being afraid it is exteremly weird I basiclly evetually hit a limit is this making any sense and do you know what it is called. Also sutle Selene
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| JaneBennet |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Phobophobia is the fear of fear itself.
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| Kenny Klassen |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| JaneBennet wrote: |
| Phobophobia is the fear of fear itself. |
thank you it just sounded to weird to be right or rahter it made to much sense in english when it did not roll off th tongue right
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperNatendo wrote: |
| Any Latin geeks around here to help me out? |
I know Latin, and I believe most of those words are not of Latin origin. I think they're largely Greek.
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| Yash |
| Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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hmm.. mine is different !!
I fear from odd numbers, when ever i complete any work that ends with odd numbers, like anything even a small work !!
for example whenever i splash water on my face 3 times, then i feel like doing it 4th time, because i feel that if i don't then something bad will surely happen to me !! 
But now i am recovering from, this fear !! 
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